Railway-tie and fastener.



A. DROBECK.

RAILWAY TIE AND- FASTENER. APPLICATION FILED SEPT-27,1915.

1,178,635. Patentd Apr. 11, 1916.

COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH 4C0" WASHINGTON, D. c.

"uni-ran sex-Tas- ANTON DRoBnoK, on SUAMICO, WISCONSIN.

RAILWAY-TIE ANnrAsrENEn.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September'27,*1915. Serial No. 52,878.

To all whom it may concern? Be it known that I, ANTON DROBEGK, subject of the Emperor of Austria-Hungary, residing at Suamico, in the county of Brown and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Ties and Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in railway ties and fasteners.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a metallic railway tie which is easy and inexpensive to manufacture and one to which the rails are readily secured.

A further object of the device is the provision of a form of rail fastener adapted to permit of ready positioning of the ties beneath the rails after the rails are longitudinally positioned upon the roadbed, the ties being then slidably moved transversely into engaging position with the rails.

With these general objects in view and others that will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings forming a part of this application and in which like designating characters refer to corresponding parts throughout the several views :Figure 1 is a side elevation of a railway tie with rails operatively positioned thereon and shown in vertical transverse section. Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof. Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse sectional view through the tie and also through the adjacent portion of the base flange of the rail, and Fig. 4: is a perspective view of one of the securing plates detached. I

Referring more in detail to the drawings, a hollow metallic railway tie 10 is illustrated having the upper plate 11 thereof provided with opposite flanges or extensions 12 extending longitudinally of the tie.

Securing plates 13 of stepped formation are secured by means of rivets 14 beneath the railway rails 15 to the base flanges 16 thereof, the said plates 13 having their angular projecting finger portions 17 extending from each beneath the said rails. From this arrangement it will be seen that with the Patented a n s a.

plates 13 secured in position upon the opposite rails 15, that a tie 10 may be readily slid transversely beneath the rails 15 with the top plate 11 flatly engaging the bottoms of the rails and with the side extensions 12 received inwardly of the plate fingers 17 as best illustrated in Fig. 3 of the drawing. The rails may thus be positioned substantially vertical upon the roadbed and be ing supplied with the plates 13 as just described, the ties 13 maybe all readily positioned in place beneath the rails for supporting the same upon the roadbed. The plate fingers are provided with perforations 18 therethrough which are adapted to. be

brought into vertical alinement with perforations 19 through the said tie extensions 12 and similar perforations 20 extend through the adjacent base flanges 16 of the rails. Locking bolts 21 are then arranged through the perforations 18, 19 and 20 and lock nuts 22 seated thereon which securely fasten the rails upon the ties.

It will thus be evident that an inexpensive tie and rail fastener is provided which allows the speedy assembling of the elements, it being seen that the plates 13 may be attached to the rails before the rails are transferred to the roadbed, while the rails may be. operatively used when mounted upon the said ties in the manner noted and without the employment of the locking bolts 21 in While the form of the invention herein shown and described is what is believed to be the preferred embodiment thereof, it is nevertheless to be understood that minor changes may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

What I claim as new is 1. A device of the class described comprising a metallic tie having oppositely extending longitudinal flanges at the top thereof, a rail, angular securing plates spaced apart upon the bottom of the rail and slidably positioned upon the said flanges when the rail is flatly seated upon the tie, and looking members between the said plates, flanges and rail.

2. A device of the class described comprising in combination With a metallic rail upon the tie, and locking bolts secured beand tie, opposite flange extensions carried tween said plate fingers, extensions, and

by the top plate of the tie, oppositely arbase flanges of the said rail.

ranged securing plates positioned upon the In testimony whereof I aflix my signa- 5 under face of the said rail and having apture.

proaching fingers slidably receiving said extension When the rail is flatly positioned ANTON DROBECK.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0. 

